let's talk about it with james irvin live in washington. break down some of these other numbers for us, james. it wasn't all bad news, but mostly not all, huh? >> yeah, mostly bad news. i mean, for one thing, jon, the revised figures show the economy actually created 4,000 jobs in november, that's the first gain we've seen in almost two years, but on balance, as you say, the news out of the labor department this morning is as chilling as today's wintry weather here in the capital. we'll start with the underemployment rate, this includes the unemployed, those part-time workers seeking full-time work and discouraged workers who have more or less begin up looking for work. that total figure, often seen as a more reliable gauge, now stands at 17.3%, that's up .1% over november and hovering around the 15-year high. 2009, of course, is now fully on the books and we now know the economy as a whole slashed 4.2 million jobs, the average unemployment rate for the movement was 9.3%. contrast that with 2008's 5.8%, almost four percentage points lower a